---
title: "What is a mercenary? Who served as mercenaries in the American Revolution and for which side?"  
description: "What is a mercenary? Who served as mercenaries in the American Revolution and for which side?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-04-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41616/what-is-a-mercenary-who-served-as-mercenaries-in-the-american-revolution-and-for-which-side  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

---

# What is a mercenary? Who served as mercenaries in the American Revolution and for which side? 

What is a mercenary? Who [served as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100680/who-served-as-the-first-president-of-the-united-states) mercenaries in the [American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41823/how-much-did-the-vietnam-war-cost-american-taxpayers) Revolution and for which side?


---

Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41616/what-is-a-mercenary-who-served-as-mercenaries-in-the-american-revolution-and-for-which-side

Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.